Cigarette holder and extinguishing means



W 6, 1941- J. H. ADAMS 2,240,538

CIGARETTE HOLDER AND EXTINGUISHING MEANS Filed June 21, 1939 H /8 la 55 a0 l6 1 m 30 5111 .2

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16 MMJSQ? Patented May 6, 1941 mane CIGARETTE HOLDER AND EXT INGUISHING IVIEAN John H. Adams, Seattle, Wash. Application June 21, 1939, Serial No. 280,384

4 Claims.

My device consists essentially of a mouthpiece which may be made of any suitable material, which terminates in a cigarette support and guide member having a band for attachingthe same to the cigarette holder mouthpiece. Spaced away from that band is a second'band into which a cigarette fits loosely, the second ring being supported from the first by one or more connecting webs of sufiicient size to readily conduct away from the outer band any heat that may be generated by a cigarette burnin close to it. The device is made of metal or noninflammable, heat conducting material.

, With the ordinary holder it is necessary to force a cigarette into a rather long, conical seat, which tends to compress the end of the cigarette and thus prevent its free burning. Otherwise the cigarette would not be held with sufficient security to prevent its being dislodged from the holder in normal use, and particularly when ashes are being flicked from the cigarette. With my present arrangement I provide a very shallow seat for the end of the cigarette, with just sufficient construction so that a draft connection is provided between the cigarette and the holder. The connection may be airtight if the cigarette is forced in deep enough, but a preferred arrangement is to permit a small amount of air to enter at this point. This is made possible by the outwardly disposed band which encircles the cigarette at a distance of from three-quarters of an inch to one inch from the smoking end. By having a band disposed at a distance from the seat of the cigarette, and connecting the bands to the cigarette holder by one or more webs, the major portion of the cigarette is exposed, so that the thumb and forefinger can be used to grip the cigarette in its exposed portion between the bands and thus move the cigarette outwardly when it has burned down to the outer band. This provides a clean, sanitary and convenient means for removing a cigarette from the holder.

My cigarette holder makes use of a wellknown phenomenon, namely, that when a cigarette is encircled by a cold band which tends to maintain the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere, and the moisture-laden smoke is drawn through the butt of the'cigarette, this cold encircling band tends to cause condensation of the moisture near the band so that when the cigarette is smoked down to the band the condensed moisture in the butt, together with the heat dissipating qualities of the band itsen,

will extinguish the cigarette at the outer band.

This is true when the cigarette is being smoked or is laid down for a period.

When the butt is removed all the collected moisture, tar, etc., is completely disposed of, instead of being condensed and collected in the bore of the holder to soil it or on the lipsand in mouth of the user when no holder is used.

The principal object of my present invention is, therefore, to provide a cigarette holder having a metal or heat radiating tip so arranged. as to provide an extinguishing means for the cigarette; a means for holding the cigarette securely in the holder without undue crimping of the sameand to further provide convenient means for removing the cigarette stub from the'holder when the cigarette has been extinguished.

A further object of my present invention is to providea cigarette holder having a metal end member which can be of a neutral or universal col or and which may have conveniently secured to it any one of a number of colored mouthpieces to the end that the colored mouthpieces can be supplied to feminine users in sets so that they may have single metal holders with a variety of 'colored mouthpieces to match various color schemes of their attire.

, Other and more specific objects will be apparent from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cigarette holder made after the teachings of my present invention. The same is shown partly broken away, to better illustrate the construction.

Figure 2 is a topplan view of the holder oi Figure 1, with the stem again partly broken away.

Figure 3 is an end elevation as taken from the left hand end of Figure 1. Figure 4 isa longitudinal sectional view as it would appear taken through Figure 1, the parts being enlarged and the bit member being shown in fragmentary form to better illustrate the construction.

Figure 5 is a sectional view similar to Figure 4,

excepting that a cigarette is shown in place.

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 66 of Figure 5.

' Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 4, but taken along the line 1-1 of Figure 5. Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 7 but showing in abracketed view a modified form of construction' permitting the ready interchanging of the mouthpiece portion.

mdmt- Figure 9 is a perspective view showing a modified form of my device in which a single connecting member is used between the inner and outer bands.

Referring to the drawing, throughout which like reference characters indicate like parts, ll designates generally the metal or heat dissipating portion of my holder. This consists of the base band l2, the outer band l4 and the connect-- ing means It. At present the preferred form appears to be to use two members I6 after the showing of Figures 1 and 2. In this manner the heat that may be collected in ring I 4 is most easily conducted away down the holder into the larger band I Z, and by having the bars relatively thin as viewed in Figures 1 and 4, the cutout portions as 18 and I9 provide ready access to the butt of the cigarette so that with the forefinger and the thumb the cigarette butt can be easily removed from the holder when it has been burned to the desired length-.-. Ring M is rounded considerably as at 2!] to make the'entrance of the cigarette into the band it easily accomplished, and the inside diameter of the ring should be sufiiciently larger than a cigarette so that it will easily slide into the same.

The base band l2 may be attached to the bit portion 22 in any convenient manner. Quite often it is cemented onto the bit portion, or it may be threaded as at 24 to engage the male thread 26 of the bit portion. A further means of securing the metal portion into the bit may be by means of the taper joint shown in Figure 7.

The bit end of the mouthpiece 22 may conform to any desired standard construction. The cigarette receiving end, however, to best serve my present purposes, should depart from the usual practice in'providing a very shallow forcing. cone 38 to the end that the cigarette when gripped as is illustrated best in Figure will have but a very short engagement, and will not be crimped in so firmly as is necessary with. the conventional cigarette holder. This arrangement is made possible by my structure, due to the fact that the cigarette is supported at some distance from its end by band M so that the engagement in cone 30 may be just suiflcient to hold it in place. This contributes to the ease with which the cigarette may be removed from the holder and adds to the free-burning qualities of the cigarette in that the tobacco particles are not compressed so as to interfere with a free draft therethrough. The connection may be loose enough so that a small amount of air may be admitted at this point to dilute the smoke and cool the same.

Attention is invited to the ease with which inexpensive colored mouthpiece portions may be interchangeably secured to my metal member II. This makes it relatively easy to match the color of the cigarette holder to the color scheme of wearing apparel.

It has been found that having the base band [4 is a matter of considerable convenience when a cigarette is to be laid aside for a few moments, for dealing cards and the like, in that the band l4 extending as it does away from the cigarette proper forms a ledge so that the holder can be rested on the side of an ashtray or the like without its being subject to rolling or slipping off the same. Then if the cigarette is for any reason left in that position it will be extinguished as soon as it has burned down to band I. It has been found that with the shallow seating cone 3!) the amount of a cigarette that is not used in this form of holder is about the minimum that ing drawing are believed to clearly disclose a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it will be understood that this disclosure is merely illustrative and that such changes in the invention may be made as are fairly within the scope and spirit of the following claims.

I claim:

l. The combination with a cigarette mouthpiece, of a holder including two spaced bands and a connecting bar formed of heat radiating and conducting material, the inner of said bands having an interior shoulder forming an attaching flange engaging the mouthpiece and a reduced narrow seat adapted to receive and retain a cigarette, and'the outer supporting band having an inner bore and outwardly flared mouth to non-compressibly engage and support a cigarette.

2. The combination with a cigarette mouthpiece, of a holder and means for securing the holder to the mouth piece, said holder including two. spaced annular bands formed of heat radiating material and a heat conducting connecting bar, the inner of said bands having a shallow tapered interior shoulder forming an annular seat adapted to receive and retain a cigarette, and the outer supporting band having an interior bore larger in diameter than the outside diameter of the cigarette it is designed to be used with and to slidably receive a cigarette.

3. The combination with a cigarette mouth piece, of a holder of heat conducting and radiating material and means for securing the holder to the mouth piece, said holder including an outer extinguishing band and an inner retaining band, said extinguishing-band having an inner bore larger in diameter thanthe outside diameter of the cigarette it is designed to be used with and adapted to slidably support the cigarette, said inner band being larger in outside diameter than said outer extinguishing band and said mouth piece to provide a. fulcrum for said holder to maintain the outer end of a cigarette therein a safe distance above any plane surface upon which the holder may be laid, and said inner band having an annular shoulder forming an annular seat adapted to non-compressibly engage and support the end of a cigarette.

4. The combination with a cigarette mouth piece, of a holder of heat conducting and radiating material, means for securing the holder to the mouth piece, said holder including an outer extinguishing band and an inner retaining band,

a heat transmitting connecting bar joining said bands, said extinguishing band having an inner bore larger in diameter than the outside diameter of the cigarette'it is designed to be used with and adapted to non-compressibly engage and support the cigarette, and said inner band having an inner annular shoulder forming a rela-.

tively shallow annular seat adapted to receive and loosely retain the end of a cigarette.

JOHN H. ADAMS. 

